Author Meher Manda

Electronic music fans, rejoice! For the amazingly curated dance music giant Sensation is coming to India, and here's everything you need to know about it.
India is slowly, but truly on its way to becoming a...

When The Sherp is not busy attending a music festival, he likes to think about the upcoming festivals most likely to make the headlines this year.
At the end of every year, few festivals walk away by becomi...

The downfall of SFX Entertainment, the company responsible for several electronic events, one of which is TomorrowWorld, is setting back electronic music by margins
In the last several weeks, the world of el...

The country's premier blues festival, The Mahindra Blues Festival is here with a solid lineup featuring the most pertinent blues talent from around the world.
Since the last six years, The Mahindra Blues Fes...

The Sherp looks at how rewarding an experience it is to volunteer for a music festival, and why every music lover should do it once in their lifetime.
If there is one thing common to both, the largest, most...

From February 6th, Kala Ghoda will take over Mumbai's artistic conscience, and why wouldn't it? Allow us to tell you why it is the city's best art festival.
Every February, in the urban confines of South Mu...

With Stage 42 currently under way and Kala Ghoda beginning in a week. both armed withstrong comedy lineups, The Sherp looks at why India needs its comedy festivals.
In the last several years, stand up comed...

That SulaFest has the choicest wine collection, and an eclectic music lineup is known. But with camping, the festival is that much better an experience.
For wine connoisseurs in India, SulaFest is the one s...

Since the washout of its 2015 edition, the troubles of TomorrowWorld don't seem to be ending. While Tomorrowland will go as planned, it might be time to bid TomorrowWorld goodbye.
The past few months have n...

The Sherp looks back at how the mismanagement at the festival of Love Parade in 2010, caused the deaths of about 21 people and injured over 500 attendees.
A lot can go wrong at a music festival. Bad sound, e...

The next time you're up for some smart visually-arresting totems at a music festival, these ten indian personalities would be a good fit, for different reasons.
Totems are characteristic music festival acces...

The Sherp chronicles some of the most common struggles faced by women heading to a music festival. We got your back.
While being a woman in a thriving patriarchal world is struggle enough, a music festival ...